EFEITO DA SOBREPOSIÇÃO TERRITORIAL COM O ARCO DO DESMATAMENTO SOBRE O DESMATAMENTO EM UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO NA AMAZÔNIA

The arc of deforestation in the Amazon biome overlaps with regions of expansion of the agricultural and livestock frontier and presents high rates of deforestation and grabbing of public lands. The present work aimed to evaluate whether deforestation occurring within the Federal Conservation Units (UCFs) located in the Amazon biome was influenced by the overlap with the Deforestation Arc. The data used were the PRODES deforestation alerts issued in the Amazon biome between 2008 and 2023. Three types of non-parametric statistical tests for group comparison were carried out: a.) Wilcoxon; b.) Median; and c.) Savage Exponential. The results of the three tests were highly significant (P<0.0001) and demonstrated that the Arc of Deforestation influenced the Size of Deforestation (area, hectares) that occurred within the UCFs studied.